The 2nd Edition of our Whole Child, Healthy Planet K8 Curriculum is here!

Check out a description of what’s new here:

http://www.globalvillageschool.org/k8-curriculum.html

Take a look at our curriculum samples by grade here:

http://www.globalvillageschool.org/k8-sample.html

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This post was written by Global Village School on September 3, 2010

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Six minutes of CPR training that might help you save someone’s life

This is not about homeschooling but it is about education and it’s important!  Check out this informative video about CPR that does not require mouth-to-mouth contact:

http://medicine.arizona.edu/spotlight/learn-sarver-heart-centers-continuous-chest-compression-cpr

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This post was written by Global Village School on July 29, 2010

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Free Book: Teaching as an Act of Love by Richard Lakin

We haven’t had a chance to read this yet, but it looks interesting and it’s free!

The book is called Teaching as an Act of Love: Thoughts and Recollections of a Former Teacher, Principal and Kid, written by Richard Lakin.  Here’s a brief description:

“The 55 thought-provoking, humorous and heartwarming pieces in this collection are geared to teachers, principals, parents, and all those concerned with making schools more loving and effective. It presents a close look at a school staff working together to create a caring and challenging learning environment where children come first, as well as at a real partnership between school and home.”
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This post was written by Global Village School on July 6, 2010

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Homeschooled, Alex Pyron Receives a Ph.D. in Biology at age 22

At an age when most students are finishing college and considering graduate school, Alex Pyron will receive his Ph.D. in Biology. In addition, the 22-year-old Georgia native, whose field is evolutionary biology, has already been working as an NSF Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at SUNY–Stony Brook (he qualified for his Ph.D. last fall when he was 21) and recently accepted a faculty position at George Washington University.

How did this happen so fast?

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This post was written by Global Village School on June 29, 2010

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The Institute for Humane Education Offers Summer Institutes for Educators Seeking to Create a Better World Through Education

If you are an educator passionate about building a just and sustainable world through education, join us for a summer institute at our facility on the beautiful coast of Maine! Or…..participate from the comfort of your own home!

The Institute for Humane Education is offering two dynamic, hands-on summer institutes designed to deepen your understanding of the interconnected issues of environmental preservation, animal protection, human rights, and media & culture, and teach you how to inspire students to be leaders for a sustainable world. Our summer institutes will challenge you to think creatively and critically about integrating global issues into your classrooms and communities, preparing you to enliven your teaching and add even greater depth and relevancy to your curricula – regardless of the grade you teach, the educational setting, or the subject areas in which you specialize.

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This post was written by Global Village School on May 18, 2010

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